Joel 1:1

The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel, the superscription assuring us that we are not getting Joel's own ideas, but the inspired words of Jehovah.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Joel 1:1 . A Short Superscription.
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

TITLE. The word of the LORD. Therefore not Joel's. This is the Divine key to the book Joel's pen, but not Joel's words, Compare Acts 1:16 for. si...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The word of Jehovah which came to Joel, the son of Pethuel. He names here his father; it is hence probable that he was a man well known and of...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. The word of the Lord that came to Joel - See the introduction for some account of this pro...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. The word of the Lord that came to Joel. He records nothing of himself except his d...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Joel ] see Intro. Pethuel ] entirely unknown. 4 . The palmerworm, cankerworm, caterpiller , and locust , are not different insects, but in the...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Coming of the Locusts a Harbinger of the Day of the Lord After the title ( Joel 1:1 ), the prophet announces an unheard of and long to be reme...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Joel. — Compounded of Jehovah — El, the composite title of the God of Revelation and of Nature, which is the subject of Psalms 19 . It was a favou...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Summons to Penitence Joel 1:1-20 ; Joel 2:1-11 We know nothing of Joel beyond this book. He was content to be God's mouthpiece and remain un...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Joel was especially a prophet to Judah. The burden of his message was the Day of the Lord. It seems to be one remarkable utterance rather than notes...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS. The Prophecy begins with an account of a dreadful affliction to be accomplished on Judea. The Prophet exhorts the people to repentance, an...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The prophecy opens in a very striking manner. It is the Lord's word, and therefore demands man's attention. And all ranks and orders are appealed unt...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PROPHET JOEL ‘The word of the Lord that came to Joel.’ Joel 1:1 There is this value in the study of Joel—that he touches nearly the whol...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Who this Pethuel was is not known; Jarchi takes him to be the same with Samuel the proph...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Ver. 1. The word of the Lord that came, &c. ] See the note on Hosea 1:1 , with who...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear this, ye old men Ye that have seen and remember many things. Hath this been in your days , &c. Give attention; and when you have heard an...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Threatenings of Judgment. B. C. 720. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

JOEL CHAPTER 1 Joel declareth the destruction of the fruits of the earth by noxious insects, Joel 1:1-7 , and by a long drought, Joel 1:8-13...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘The word of YHWH which came to Joel the son of Pethuel.' The whole prophecy is summed up in these words. It is to be seen as ‘the word of YHWH', th...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] The prophecy opens with lamentation over the land, made desolate by successive swarms of locusts. Joel 1:2-4 contain the spirite...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Joel 1:1 . Joel, the son of Pethuel. Nothing can be gathered from antiquity of this prophet, but what appears from his writings. His father was ei...
The Biblical Illustrator

The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. Joel Great as is the variety in the works of nature, it is no less so in the treasur...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Joel 1:1 The word of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel . The name Joel signifies "Jehovah is God," or "whose God is...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 1:21 ; Acts 2:16 ; Ezekiel 1:3 ; Hosea 1:1 ; Jeremiah 1:2
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Came to Joel — Probably in the latter end of Jeroboam the second's reign over Israel and in the days of Uzziah, over Judah.

¹ The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel.

Related Commentaries of Joel 1:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Joel 1:1